Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-02-15

Hos losEra O Sur. .Jndse Of Circuit Court
mony to the ehcSoy Of Browns Iron Bitters for
Dyspepsia, and a. touio"
BROW WI;Pn BiLfiaoKI MisS Ia In
would prepare nrm tor a prolonged rest.
More than AN hour passed aud ! began to
| feel the need Of eating, and was promising
myself the full enjoyment Of n breakfast
with Jack for my company: so | went to
| his bedroom to call him. My astonish-
ment was pretty evident when opening
the door Jack was not in the room, and
what was stranger still. nothing it con-
| tained indicated that he had been there.
The bed had not been disarraugcd in the
least. Not n chair OF other article of
| furniture apparently had been moved
from lis accustomed position. Altogether
there was not n shadow Of evidence that
any person living had been in that room
the preceding night. There were were no
wiz .ows in the room and no door save tho
one opening into the room where | slept.
\ person. then, could not get ont Of that
bedroom and out Of the house except by
coming through that door and leaving by
the hall door. ! remembered that when |
awokc this outside door was locked and
boltcd as usual. ON the inside; this was
recalled by the difficulty in sliding back
the bolt that morning. This showed that
even had Jack been disposed to leave me
in that shabby manner in the middle of
the night he could not have done 50. not
10 mention that such u proceeding would
lie rs unlocked for in the man aS il would
be unworthy of him. The truth remained,
nevertheless. Jack was gone. But how
he had taken his departure was n deep
mystery to me. Strange ns it was, though,
no suggestion Of the supernatural then
entered into my calculations. and | con-
tented my self with thinking that Il reason
able explanation would offer itself in
time | said nothing to any one of the
occurrence. not caring to brave the doubt
and ridiculc the telling of it would likely
provoke.
was extremely anxious to come 10 at
least some plausible solution of the af-
fair. vet the longer | sought one the more
pcrpcNed | became. till ! had To con
clude that the whole proceeding was a
very vivid dream.
\ dream it night he, hut such a con-
clusion was exceedingly IT,. -, 'inting
and unsatisfactory, for in dreams pers",.-.
don't grasp each others hands and smoke
together and drink together and talk for
hours at time ConneCtedly on IA subject,
especially such a one as occupied our at
tentioE that night.
Then another circumstance came TO me
with almost startling suddenDess. The
letter.
Did | write that letter to my sister or
was that. too, only a part of the dream,
If she got my letter that wn,;ld he proof
clear enough that that nights proceed
ings were not a dream, let them other
wise he accounted Tor Is they might If
the letter was written while sleeping, that
would bc a somnambuIiStIc feat too for
midable for belief and. besides, | had
never been kpown to he a sleep walker.
could easily lind oul about the letter,
anyway.
wrote my sister asking simply if she
got my letter, in prompt answer to which
she said she had adding that they were
all prepared for and gnX!Ously awaiting
our coming.
Clearly the letter was not dream
Then what on earth. ar above the earth,
Or under the earth. would explain that
nightly visit. that uuceremonious and
mysterious disappearance Of Jack Tenn
plrton,
II began 10 trouble me. 4 week had
passed since that night when IA letter
bearing the well known po,tmark of
Greenwich was dropped through my door
II was from Jack. This i what it said:
Il am very sorry my professional duties
and the amount uf study have laid out
for this summer viii Tie me down at home,
and | shall not he able 10 make YOU my
N-sas &
Merciful heaven! the man hadn't been
with me AT all Was he dead and did his
shadow come To haunt me instead of his
living body to visit me- That would not
be likely. for his letter was dated five days
later than that night. and ghosts, having
a way of making their presence known at
the precise time their di,embodiment takes
place, are always punCtual The letter
did not 50 far tighten up the matter. Ii
proceeded:
You know my hobby. mesmerism. and
YOU know how / ride il Well. one night
last week mounted my hobby and took a
long ride was away out in your coun-
try, in your town, i'll your very room. and
! sat with you. and talked with you. and
drank with YOU, and all hut slept with
you To hc exact. the night was Friday,
illt tNtlll u 'll tAll~ ilA'llNtl- - lllN NbN
all this was so real to me that | want you
10 write me whether on that night you re-
member of being conscious of any un-
usual occurrence. Did il seem 10 you that
| was in your company that nights want
all the facts, that | may see how they will
fit a little theory have lately been con-
struClng'
There it was, and the subject talked
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me. came back. with his startling asser-
tiOn about person in a mesmeric trance
being able to communicate with an absent
person, and that person to be conscious of
being communicated with. So Jack in all
things essential had been present with me
that night For Is not the mind the con-
sCiouS part, the soul, the essential thing:
This narrative deals only with the facts
Of very extraordinary personal expert
ence Ii the explanation given by his
visit by my guest Of that night. based
upon the narrowly understood operations
of mcSmeriSm. is not sufficient, let him
who. with n clearer view, has traversed
further into the arcane of the mystical
advance his theory of Jack Tcmpletons
strange yisit.-Detroit Free Press.
shooting; at Gen. PIeasonton.
Gen. PleaSouton SAYS that during his
career he has been in luj different engage
mcntS and has ueVer been wounded At
Brandy Station certain Confederate
sharpshOOtrr was ordered to pick him of
He got within 400 yards Of the general,
took careful ann. and shot a member of
the staff On the left. He fired again and
killed man on the right. Then he
crawlcd up nearer and waited till Pleason-
ton WIS perfectly stationary. He fired
and again missed his target. The sharp
shooter then gave " in despair, declaring
that he had never he lore failed t. hit after
three shots. \ few days ago he sent his
compliments 10 Gen. PleasUnton. Chi